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Jeterpool
22-10-2025, 07:24 AM
A-League 2025/26 Match Day 2 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall ? 58 fixtures between the two teams. Of this, the teams have met on 55 occasions in the A-League and on 3 occasions in the Australia Cup and on 0 occasions in the NSL.
Jets Wins - 23, Victory Wins - 23, Drawn - 12


In Newcastle ? 28 matches.
Jets Wins - 12, Victory Wins - 8, Drawn - 8
In Melbourne - 29 matches
Jets Wins - 10, Victory Wins - 15, Drawn - 4

Average Home A-League Crowd ? 10037
Average Away A-League Crowd - 15866

Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 79, Victory - 87
In Newcastle -
Jets ? 43, Victory - 32

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 27, Victory - 28

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 111 (105 yellow, 6 red), Victory 101 (95 yellow, 6 red)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 1 (Taylor 83') - Melbourne Victory 1 (K. Bos 47') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 26, Season 2024/25

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2024/25 Match day 26

Newcastle JetsMelbourne Victory
Ryan ScottJack Duncan
Thomas AquilinaJoshua Inserra
Phillip CancarLachlan Jackson
Mark NattaRoderick Miranda
Kota MizunumaKasey Bos
Daniel WilmeringRyan Teague
Charles M'MombwaJordi Valadon
Callum TimminsDaniel Arzani
Eli AdamsZinedine Machach
Clayton TaylorNishan Velupillay
Lachlan RoseNikos Vergos



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 4 (Bridge 36?, Bridge 48?, Coveny 51?, J Griffiths 73?) ? Victory 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 21, Season 2006/07, 19/01/2007.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 ? Victory 5 (Hernandez 41?, Thompson 50?, Allsopp 61?, Allsopp 64?, Brebner 90?), Round 3, Season 2008/09 at Telstra Dome, 29/08/2008.

Leading Scorers in fixture ?


Jets - Joel Griffiths (5)
Victory - Archie Thompson (7)



2025/26 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubbed OnSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed CardsMinutes per Goal Contribution
1James Delianov660057000000
5Joe Shaughnessy0000000000
7Eli Adams303098121033
8Lachlan Bayliss532326100100
9Lachlan Rose52321931000193
11Ben Gibson5414317311079.25
13Clayton Taylor0000000000
14Max Burgess6606442230088.4
15Aleksandar Susnjar550048000400
17Kosta Grozos53203530111353
18Kota Mizunuma55044133100103.25
19Alexander Badolato55014292220107.25
21Noah James0000000000
22Joel Bertolissio10101800000
23Daniel Wilmering6601***2210138.75
24Alex Nunes505082110041
25Oscar Fryer41311381000138
28Will Dobson51411751000175
33Mark Natta220021000000
39Thomas Aquilina54104220210211
41Lucas Scicluna20201800000
42Max Cooper550045000100
43Xavier Bertoncello66063842000192
45Christian Bracco422122600000
46Ethan Debono10102800000
60Garang Arou0000000000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head ? 0 matches
Mark Milligan - 0 wins, Arthur Diles - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records ?

Mark Milligan - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
Robert Stanton - 5 matches (2 win, 2 drawn, 1 defeat = 40% win ratio)
Arthur Papas - 4 matches (2 win, 0 drawn, 2 defeats = 50% win ratio)
Carl Robinson - 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 defeats = 0% win ratio)
Ernie Merrick - 8 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 5 defeats = 38% win ratio)
Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 defeats = 0% win ratio)
Scott Miller - 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 defeat = 33% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 defeat = 33% win ratio)
Clayton Zane ? 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 defeat = 0% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond ? 16 matches (10 wins, 2 drawn and 4 defeats = 63% win ratio)
Craig Deans - 2 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 1 defeat = 50% win ratio)
Branko Culina ? 6 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 3 defeats = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos ? 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 defeat = 0% win ratio)
Richard Money ? 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 defeat = 33% win ratio)

Melbourne Victory A-League Coach Record ? Arthur Diles 0 % win ratio (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss)



Adam Kersey is the referee this weekend. He has officiated 15 matches, 14 in the league and the recent Australia Cup Final.

We have won 6, drawn 2 and lost 7 under Kersey. He's never officiated a Jets v Victory match.
plague
22-10-2025, 07:52 AM
Wonder what we are paying on TAB to win the possession count?


About all we can look forward to.

Drubbing incomming.

Milligan out.
belchardo
27-10-2025, 06:31 AM
Well, that was exciting. We are fun to watch at the moment. Much better performance.

We should enjoy Badolato while we can - i think he'll be gone by the end of the summer.
Mark325
27-10-2025, 10:10 AM
I thought Shaughnessy looked good, he's only going to improve if he can stay injury free and involved in more games with this team

Badolato is obviously a real talent, if we can keep him for the whole season I'll be happy, but wouldn't be surprised to see him go in January.

Dobson was fantastic, that kid is so talented and seems to be improving quite rapidly from where he was at last season. We looked a lot better with him on the pitch as opposed to Fryer starting, who didn't quite get himself into the game with the same authority as Dobson.

Despite thinking that Bayliss is definitely a better player then Grozos, Grozos unfortunately just works much better in this team. When you have Badolato and Burgess doing their things, you really don't need another midfielder who is much stronger from an attacking perspective then a defensive one.

Really looking forward to this team at mostly full strength. Having Taylor and Adams back in the team will be a huge benefit to this team
My2BobsWorth
27-10-2025, 03:36 PM
Really need to lock Badolato in for next year if we are to have any chance in the ACL. That goes for all our good young players
plague
27-10-2025, 09:53 PM
Really need to lock Badolato in for next year if we are to have any chance in the ACL. That goes for all our good young players

Cam Devlin is over there in front of the world towelling up Celtic and you think these Jets kids arent looking at that wondering what they can achieve.

The only thing Jets can do is to set it up so we get paid when they leave. Cause they aint staying, and nor should they.
Couscous
28-10-2025, 06:11 AM
Duncan in goals. I knew we'd be fine.
Jeterpool
28-10-2025, 08:01 AM
We should enjoy Badolato while we can - i think he'll be gone by the end of the summer.

This.

I was saying that to my mates at the game on Friday. He's not sticking around.
Jeterpool
28-10-2025, 08:04 AM
There's 2017/18 season vibes about this team. A fresh attacking style with plenty of goals in them but some defensive frailties at the back. A real "we'll score more than you" mentality.

Unlike 17/18 though I feel there's a broader goal creation threat from across the team. We can attack and create from anywhere with depth off the bench.

I wonder as the season progresses how our high-pressing style will go during the heat.

Now comes a test against Sydney this weekend and we need to back it up.
Jetmaster
28-10-2025, 11:46 AM
Interesting table....nobody has either won both, or lost both, of their games. 3 points between top and bottom, and 9 out of the 12 teams have a win on the board.
anfield
28-10-2025, 02:36 PM
The best thing Jets could try and do with Badolato is try and extend his deal for another year and add a release clause to it. If his form continues, he will go at seasons end. But having 2 years left on the contract as opposed to 1 year will add more in the transfer sale.

In the meantime, hopefully he can push the Jets while he is here.
Macca
28-10-2025, 03:04 PM
The best thing Jets could try and do with Badolato is try and extend his deal for another year and add a release clause to it. If his form continues, he will go at seasons end. But having 2 years left on the contract as opposed to 1 year will add more in the transfer sale.

In the meantime, hopefully he can push the Jets while he is here.

Firstly, while his goals so far this season have been spectacular, lets not book his ticket to Europe yet off the back of one great game. If he keeps this up for a few more games, then we will definitely need to be fending off interest.

Agree, extend and release clause is the way to go.

If these young talented players are the archetype that we want to be signing and playing with in the near term, we will need to get used to reality that if we unearth any gems that they will be too hot for us and will move on quickly.
It's actually important if we want to keep bringing more of them through that we don't stand in their way of moving onto bigger things. Being a destination where they can get first team football chances and be in the shopfront will do us favours in the long term.
We do need to not be bullied into our past of "mutual terminations" and letting people go for free, and the "bigger things" cannot be domestic rivals. Market rate transfer fees should be expected for our work in developing and encouraging the talents we do manage to find.